Haffa Wolseð

pansexual homoromantic
(warpartner culture)

40s

man

Side Character

Muddy Green

He is very thin, largely because of his long periods of imprisonment and illness

about 5'9", shorter than Arurus, but not glaringly small for Vældic men

Strawberry Blonde, currently pretty grimy

It was unevenly shorn short months ago, and has grown out patchy and uneven, the longest locks reaching his cheeks if brushed down flat

Short beard, though he prefers it clean-shaven

Human

Olive, but pale in illness, giving him a worryingly green pallor

His is broadset, large of chest and arms

He has a littering of scars over his arms, back, and torso-- both from battle and imprisonment-- and his nose has clearly been broken and halfheartedly reset at least once before.

Previously, he was motivated by the prospect of companionship as a member of Ingrich's company, and by his own desire to see Vældrac victorious in the war with Vagapariña. Confounding enemy soldiers with his fighting techniques was more self-indulgent plus.

After his arrest and bare-escape from Vældrac, Haffa has very little motivation, stuck in a sense of ennui and dispair as he battles wounds and sickness, carted along by his companions in a listless daze.

He is generally dour and reserved, though once he was exuberant and entirely talkative. Time in prison has all but sealed previously loose and earnest lips, and adversity from former allies has steeled him against revealing his opinions and being at all vulnerable to others.

-- He is horribly sick throughout a lot of the first part of his appearance in the story due to a litany of infected wounds and time malnourished in prison, requiring significant attention from Aurus after their escape.

-- [Privy to omission] His infections lead to the amputation of part/all of one arm once his traveling group reaches Soleád.

Shorter-bladed swords. As a soldier, he liked to mix conversation and steel in combat, getting close to his adversaries and taunting them while using the blades to punctuate his words. It complimented Aurus' style of longer, greater-sweeping swords, using distance to observe his opponent as he fought. Though he was never able to fight with Aurus in real combat, he still preferred the shorter range and control of knives.

After taking the lieutenancy for Ingrich Ælfriseð, his uniform cloak is also a veritable weapon in its own right-- he uses it as a shield, to tangle his opponents' weapons, and on the road, he lines the hem with a chain to deal some pretty oppressive blows as it swings around.

Ischvinðar: he is a fundamentalist, often clashing with the more nationalistic breed of the religion that has developed in Vældrac over recent decades.

An unpaired lieutenant under Ingrich Ælfriseð's command, though he changed rank to footsoldier when the fighting picked up. [His dissent] led him to be discharged and imprisoned. Now, he has no job.

Very tricky. He is objectively sided with Vældrac, though his beliefs do not particularly line up with how the military government has evolved as of late because of his view of the faith.

He is particularly fond of horses due to stories of their bonds of loyalty with their riders. He harbors a secret wish that he could have become a cavalryman after Aurus Kiria-Na was taken away. His family and peers would never have allowed it, though, as cavalrymen are a separate caste of warrior from warpartnered footsoldiers (who are, further, a higher status from unpaired, conscript footsoldiers).

He was raised by his parents, their warpartners, and local elders who trained him in the arts of war alongside Aurus Kiria-Na and the other children of the town.

All of his education is in combat and strategic training. Haffa excelled in close-arms combat, Aurus with longer arms, and they considered themselves a strong pair before Aurus was taken away. He is basically literate and taught in the faith of Ischvinðar, both considered important tools in war for those expected to fly up in the ranks like him.
He is notably not trained in the art of debate or wordplay, or he would not have ended up imprisoned as an adult.

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